Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-31
lifted and the mountains are flooded in
moonlight. The prospect is for fine
day tomorrow. q. WI
Besusiful Crops and Large Re,i-
gtous .azeettngs-A New
Railroad.
NoBLN, n. O., Aug. 81, 1887.

NoBLiNs Az. W. aug 0't tVo's
10 Me Editor of he Dispatch:
The seasons have been very propi
tious through this section and crop.
look remarkably fine. Highland corr
is looking unusually well. Low-ground
corn is also extremely fine. The TO-
bacco crop, while very small quantity
was planted, is looking in many in.
stances quite promising. My friend
and neighbor, Mr.. Joseph Noblin, has
some $4,000 hills of very fine tobacco
indeed. This is nothing likesAIr. Mob
Inns usual crop. There is one item in
regard to the present tobacco crop |
will mention: that is, il remains very
green too long. 1t will be difficult to
get it well yellowed on the hill, and
hence il will be hard to cure it fine and
yellow, generally speaking.
think the people are resuming O
quiet attitude in regard to the times
that will contribute more to business,
thrift, and enterprise than anything
else. II is gratifying to see this change.
There have been numerous meetings
at the various churches In this section,
many of which were of very import
ant nature. / note some of these as
follows: Rev. II. q. Crews, the pas.
tor at Aaron's Creek, Halifax county,
Va, held ten-days' meeting at that
church, which resulted in.the CONVEX
sion of some twenty-five or thirty per-
sons. This is the ninth meeting he
has held with that church. Mr.. Crews
is a preacher of splendid ability, and
has succeeded well with this charge.
/ know'of no other country minister
possessing superior attainments. he
was ably seconded by Rev. r. III.
Beazeley, of South Boston. Rev.
T. w. Greer, the pastor at
State-Line church, held a meet
ing there, at which some thirty
persons professed conversion. DIR. X.
II. Marsh. the pastor of Grassy-Creek
church, held few days meeting there,
with some fifteen professions as the re-
suit of his labors. He was assisted by
Rev. G.. W. Watkins, a student OF
Wake-Forest College. Rev. J. A.
Stradley held meeting of surprising
power and interest with his church
(Ann's chapeD, in which fifty persons
we're converted. Rev. T. W. Greer as
sisted him. Mr.. Greer is very power
full revivalist. Rev. c. A. jenkins held
a profitable meeting at Mountain Creek,
Granville county, n. G. have heard
of several other meetings with very ex-
cellent results, but which l will not
stop to detail.
The GAINESVILLE and Oxford railroad
is pushing rapidly ahead, and if it is
soon completed these two places will
receive an impetus that has been long
desired, and Richmond will not fail to
reap benefit from the same source.
BY the by, l will mention in this con-
nection that in my judgment Rich
mond's highest interest will be SUD-
served by her taking hold of the
GAINESVILLE, Blue Wing and Durham
railroad and pushing it to rapid
completion. That road would be
an immense feeder to Richmond.
But if the Durham and Lynchburg
road is built and this road not built
Richmond win Immediately feel her
loss. There is large trade due to and
received by Richmond now that she
will then lose in large part, but which
she will still get when the c., b. w.
and d. road is completed. Much valua-
bic grading has been done on this road,
and it can be run with less grading
than almost any other route 1 ever ex-
amined. Let your people rise up and
build this road and you will be largely
the gamers by it. NJ. i. w.